A 10-year-old blind girl and her teacher were denied a ride by an Uber driver because of a service dog.

Uber tells WESH 2 News that an Orlando Uber driver could lose his Uber driving privileges, pending an investigation into allegations that he refused to pick up a group of visually impaired adults and kids on Wednesday.

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Addison Burgess, 10, attends a summer program at Lighthouse Central Florida to learn to adapt to life's challenges as someone who is 100 percent blind.

Lighthouse Central Florida is a non-profit organization that assists people with visual impairments.

During this week of the summer program, teachers took students on a field trip to a facility in south downtown Orlando.

“Typically we take Uber because we're exposing the kids to different modes of transportation,” teacher Amanda Lannan said.

Like Burgess, Lannan is also blind and uses a guide dog.

Lannan told WESH 2 that as her guide dog got into the Uber with the students, the driver refused to let the dog in the vehicle.

"I explained to him this was a service animal. I showed him the harness, I showed him the tag,” Lannan said.

"The driver said I'm not going to take you. Finally, he backed away. And we all got out.”

Lannan said Uber even charged them for canceling the trip to get another Uber who agreed to take the group with the guide dog.

"It made me really uncomfortable because I've never really been exposed to that before,” Burgess said.

After WESH 2’s Chris Hush reached out to Uber, the company told us the driver involved has been suspended while Uber conducts an investigation.

Uber said it is against company policy and the law to discriminate against riders with service animals.

Earlier this month an Uber driver was charged by law enforcement after refusing to transport a blind person on International Drive.

Similar cases have been reported around the country.

"I don't want this to happen to anyone else so I want people to be aware that yes, this is going on. Speak up. Stand up for yourself,” Burgess said.